Old Cucamonga (Images of America) - Softcover

Emick, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467133132 ISBN 13: 9781467133135

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2015

Synopsis

To its first inhabitants, the Tongvan Kucamonga tribe, cucamonga meant "land of many waters," referring to the area's numerous streams flowing down from the southeastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains. By the 1800s, it was a Mexican land grant named Cucamonga Rancho. Murder, drought, and foreclosure led to the subdivision of the rancho's 13,000 acres. Immigrants from around the world arrived in Cucamonga's renowned "wine valley." Italian immigrant Secundo Guasti bought a huge swath of land in southern Cucamonga and planted the world's largest vineyard. Many of Guasti's workers lived north of the winery in an area they named Northtown. Still others planted farms, started businesses, and built schools and churches. The farms are gone, most of the wineries are closed, and parts of the old rancho are now known as Upland and Ontario, but the story of Cucamonga lives on through these and other photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

Paula Emick, author of Arcadia's Rancho Cucamonga, is a teacher and freelance writer who fell in love with Rancho Cucamonga's rich history when teaching California history to her students.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1467133132
• ISBN 13: 9781467133135
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128